Winbigler worked in restaurants from age fourteen through twenty-two. Of his experience in the industry, he explains, "Now, I look back, they called me a line cook. Knowing what I know now [about the industry], I was more like a sous chef."

Winbigler projects a soft opening around the Fourth of July, pending permits and all of the other usual restaurant-opening details. Crostini isn't his first experience opening a restaurant in Forest Park Southeast, however. He and his wife opened a salon, Arco Hair Company, last year at 4301 Arco Avenue.